Thesaurus:ear

Thesaurus:ear

THESAURUS

ear

English

Synonyms

• ear

• King Lear (Cockney rhyming slang)

• listener

• lug (Northern England)

• shell-like (UK, slang)

Hyponyms

• cauliflower ear

• jug ears (plural only)

Hypernyms

• body part

• organ    [WS]

Meronyms

• auricle (of an animal)

• outer ear

• pinna

• auditory canal

• eardrum

• malleus

• incus

• stapes

• cochlea

Holonyms

• countenance    [WS]

• face

• head    [WS]

• body    [WS]

Further reading

• “ear” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “ear” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.